From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 13 0:10:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from email.sjsu.edu (email.sjsu.edu [130.65.3.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 926C815262 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:10:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ubs01271@email.sjsu.edu) Received: from zeus (zeus [130.65.3.11]) by email.sjsu.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA03992; Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:08:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 00:08:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "Khanh N." X-Sender: ubs01271@zeus To: Doug White Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation via PLIP problem (Resolved) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Doug White wrote: > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:19:14 -0700 (PDT) > From: Doug White > To: "Khanh N." > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Installation via PLIP problem(s) > > On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Khanh N. wrote: > > > i'm having a problem trying to have lp0 configured so that i could install > > 3.1R onto my laptop from my 3.1R desktop via PLIP. i searched the lists > > but could not find any reported problems similar to mine. > > > > Here are the steps i did: on the desktop, as instructed in the > > installation readme file> ifconfig lp0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2, > > then created an anonymous ftp account, then mounted the cdrom. On the > > laptop, at the Media selection in sysinstall, i chose FTP | URL | > > ftp://10.0.0.1 then configured lp0 with hostname, gateway, ip 10.0.0.2. > > Once i hit OK, it tells me that lp0 could not be configured (sorry, forgot > > to write down the exact message). > > > > In the debug screen it gives me "DEBUG: ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): > > destination address required". > > PLIP is a point-to-point interface; you have to specify both ends of the > link. Best to my knowledge, I thought configuring lp0 in sysinstall would take care of one end. > > > i even tried with bringing up a "fix-it shell" and did "ifconfig lp0 > > 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1", with and without "route add default 10.0.0.1" on > > different tries, but no luck. > > This should work. What kind of cable are you using? > Geniune Laplink cable :) My problem was resolved. I restared, redo the disklabling and did what a fellow user (Jerry Hicks :) suggested: enter the server address (10.0.0.1) in the "Extra setings for ifconfig" field in the lp0 network configuration dialog window. And voila! All i had to do afterwards was sym. link the cdrom appropriately. _________________________________________________________________________ [\/] Khanh N. | khanh@earthling.net | http://come.to/khanhs | ICQ:1012555 [/\] "Appearance Is Transistory" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message